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HAN-WOBSHIP—Part IT . ¦ jfe Sat embark in a good cause on principle— -we fes « leaders , that is , men who by talent or honesty are fwg to take a prominent " par t— "who understanding the fjL onie "will speak of it well , and make their arguments fr ? a favour weigh dovra all opposing argumentsilgjk Hisse men are naturally confided in—are naturally tailed on to combat for the cause—the management of ? to jEoTEHieni is entrusted to them ; their advice , their ^ a ence is sought on aS occasions . Tiiia is all fair , tj ^ if -ilie men be sincere , they will keep the eyes of Ijas peoole constantly fixed on the cause and mate gjgiaselTfcs as nothing in comparison ; but" if they be bo $ HBCsre—if fliey seek to attain a position indepenflesi of the cause ; if they seek popularity for the sake of power or of pelf ; they "will encourage the disposition rf the people to god them - , they wHllntasdeate to -with jjjtery , infatnste us with blind confidence , and frenzy « - » ith fanaticism , SSI "re Jet them think for us , act Jot tis . and do everything for as , fijatia , for themselves wjjgy yju make fliemselves as Moloch , to "whom the -esj friends of tbeeaase Trill be sacrificed , and at last key mQ turn on their dupes like Moianna , and destroy ybes thej can bo longer deceive . Ihis it is to deify
3 ut thiB is not the "worst of it ; where there is one —ja ^ od there Trill assuredly be more , others Trill arise to aispuletbe palm "Hriih him , and unless , like Aaron ' s Ktpest , the great mas-god of all can swallow up ft ^^ t , the-cause will be torn piecemeal among them , better the -despotism -of one , than the jarring factions njEisnyjbs tme Mends of the people , despairing of success , ^ j ajjjgr sssk to compensate themselves for the sscri figgs Ussy may have made , or Trill keep aloof , "Will . gait tffl tts people become sober , become sensible jBjiD ; for Ehoul-3 they interfere on behalf of the cause , jf ^ le HnpTLied to eavv in them : they -will be sacrig ^ to appease the jealousy or to please the pride of jig jcas ^ od ^ for a people in taat besotted condition
^ B Dot listen txc-. pt to the Charmer— -mh not look si any man unless , like themselves , he be "willing to ¦ teyihskneeto their man-god or their horse-god ; for ^ i atis . sman-g&d bni a Centaur , half-beast , half-man ? ¦ 951131 erilH have net been done bj man-worship ? ji -sis msn-TTorEhip that first Bet up kings . Man-•^ ggsp ' &B author and continuator of all those « 3 » fia * hare resulted from kingcraft and prieBtcraf tgfilsfisS have defied omnipotence itself ; andTendered cj ^' i jrOTifience vain to mas . > Isn-worship is the jpsneof ill we sufier ; it has turned the sun to blood _ 3 J has made the earth a tomb— " that tomb a hell , anateli&self a murkier gloomJ " Oh , let sot tki 3 i ^ fe ^ Plagne creep into Chartism —l&i not this ail-a&mniDg blot infect our holy cause .
If it should , Gfcsrtum Trill become a system more jggmsea flan the accursed system itstlf ; its promises Trill Me like the beautiful colours of the raJnbo-s , dissolved in tears , and there trD be bo hope for mtions . 1 do not say that msn-warihip tea crept into our causa I -would ftSn jiope that tfb need no * feat it—I have much Mth in Ihe stern self-respect , of the Chartists—in that selfjerereEce Tfhich prevents us from reverencing another improperly . BatTrhen -we consider the magnitude of the evil , Tre cannot be too vratchfuL Ail history "warns us—philosophy cries ent beware—nature itself bids us , jateheed , England once had a Commonwealth— "was i jeptibEe once . The goddess of freedom and Britannia TETt one—she -wore not a crown , but the cap of liberty
_ psradiae vas regained what devil "was it that eaa&d her at hoodman ' s "blind and made her lose it ? jbEWorship 3 Cromwell , by the most subtle arts of EinSsiioa and tiisnmnlation—by gagging all mouths gai spoke the truth—leaving open those only that gjjiered him—Cr » mwtll got himself godded , and the ispnilic that had cost so much blood and tears was frccked . Look at France 2—Jww many thousands sca&ed their lives for freedom , and -when gained it to list again by man-Trorabip . Kspeleon -was the jdi He struck dovni freedom -with a dart feathered Iran is osm wing , as the eagle is shot I / ook at iasma—liberty Tras gained there , sad " would have ieeo lost again but for the singular virtusof Washington » borefused tole crowned , and saved Ma country from iisJf—from the infatuation of bis otto countrymen . Ta , the people are generally as prene to worship as
fifibjoa is to "worshipped , but how few refnse that irta ^ p . Mosesrefnsed it—directed it to God , but the people worshipped & calf . Ho wonder that such a peopte , a people that could not do without a king , lost £ » promised land—lost Canaan , and "went into captit 2 j—iwsmea people without a nation , or a navion Tfitbonl a country . The Apostles Peter and Paul re-Issea it , and directed it to where alone it is due . These ires sincere ; butCssar , when he refused the crown , "SMnotEBoeie ; he saw that the Bomans were not yet isssosaXb ^ nangii to confirm the gift And Cromwell , tuo , irho likewise refused the offered crown , fainted snj "with the effort , overcome by the revulsion of his en feelings . Hapoleon was a worshipper of himself ; be -dbfJained the worship of the people—no meaner fimfl f tnTi Ms own wass&f&red to place tie crows upon Mi hi&d ; he cro"ira « 3 himself emperor , and died an
The real mas-god is a devD . Alexander the Great "was ot&sd aiA -what dia he 1—he dew his best friend , old Ciitus , -who had saved hislife—^ pierced hi m through with a sj * ai because he was too honest to flatter * nmt too trae to worEhip hrm js a God . King Canute was sot to be fooled bj . flatterers ; but how many kings lavs bees -flattered into fierceness ? how many have lastibar crowns by it , and the flatterers their lives ? Itajtrae men have been sacrificed " by the false , by fim moral bravocs who -watch the nods , vrho wait but lot iTnak from their god to set off and assassinate tos" ^ Bse truth and honesty isve rendered them obacrisa In Chartism such a species of conduct -would
ttjoSaihrly impolitic and cruel—impolitic because it * H&igBrethecause , and erutl besause it would injure 2 oe » aT 0 Bfces of tha cause who deserve encourage setsdneed help . The working man who has worked fcyssdissht for the cause—who has travelltd winter ad-mmmet—who has faced persecuticKi , who has fcsied foa—whose poverly alone pnts him in the jciet dI &s rich oppressors , it is hard for such an one to lBbrcton-hearted or banished by the force of over-Th » iTm ^ ^ taJ ^ TnTtr or despotiem—driven ba ; k into ismte Bfe—cr cut of the country by cabals or intrigues —stmgereiiy those whom he had served at great jesoasl acdfiees .
Oh , thai , if -re finfl any disposition in ourselves to fi » a- " * pnhip , M-ascbeckit If we see any one amongst nseaaignphimself asagoStobe vnjrsbipped , let him sBlftBlajifer , never to rise again . Those who bow at ^^ iice win pasecute those who do not ; freedom of oragfctmd inaependence of action will be gone ; the aavJiH be raised up to put down the good ; a tyranny * SF > e eBtabliahed , a despotism ; many out of fear or &pe » ffl worship , but ths people of Esgianfi are made a iteruer stuflj they resent every appearance of dictefl * , come from Trhat quarter it-may ; theyi « # think feSfcmselves , sad among them vaulting ambition ffl tself and feU on the sida
^ OTafeap i ether Djvniel TOna ^ l Mmsslf—though he have the prestige of birth * w " * alia ia his favour , thouth he possesses great isrEcnj and senatorial fame , thoTgb he eommand the | * s * and be cf great bodily and mental power , though « » the god of poor deluded Ireland—yet were he to 5 ®* era ta England and assume the head of the « a ^ ca use , would find himself regarded by ns but «» n » ihsr , nDtS 3 amasier—but as an advocate , not , ~ ° ~ feit as one of ourselves , not as a more pri-* & $ & iasa ; he would be as an actor on the Chartist * P- * £ H lui not sols . { To bt amduded in mar ruesL )
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132 T ^ HO IS HOT -RTTH ITS IS AGAINST rs . " -l ??^ 6 * Movers had been praised for their mperior 7 t ® & ' a& l had become prend of their superior know-^ jn ucy had turned their heads , and they said to S 3 v " *** m 0 TB ^ tenectual than yon ! Dan O'Con-££ * Eae , S-Debnck , and others , all great men , have ™ » x l « i must become learned like us—you must Slir ^ ^ Grejou -srillbefit for the franchiBe—*»*» drnnksras and dunces . " These are the Phari-^ L ^ ^^ -d ^ aes , who laving risen into the
Sat-tZ ?' loot floirD Dptm ^^ ^^ B ^ 161 bat vxore ( Z 2 J * eS » Ea with scorn and contempt . They now ^^• ftth the respectables , and they regard the \* gr-V *> ^ e blistered hands , and the fustian ^ r ** * genteel horror . They say the jacket should ft J ^^^ -t ^ a puttoit , theblistered hands ahonld "eeJBied with pahn oil , and that baths should be ^ s to" » asb -&e unwashed in . ^ "S ^ 1154 ^ cl 4 SS -diKtiMtions , and these men , , » mocaty of labour , " are for forming a new Wa * " * ° mdtea ** & they threw the apple of *** T | J r f ^ a bone of contention t » set uB -wiaBg--V thww Other * heB ^ e ^ SW to ^ Sg ^^ g tbe ietiettL e KTer ^ «« , made a gap ; a breach neai is / 11 is in
^ BSiSxjt t io - recoraea ^» ed » J me tisi 0 BCS nP ° ame 1 hB earth * Pat ^ ^ ^ - SSP . thereat the people were S ^ i ^ J meat and dismay , -when a voice came ' ^ tlacwv : as ^ P ¦» ould dose a gain if one man j , ^ , ^ w mmBdfheaclQsginto it Who waslo be the ^ w * "* " * aitog te take the fatal leap—st sjd tlttwS ? Curaaa offered himself , leaped in , ^ Wf cJSm ^ v 08630 ^ k ™ - ^ ow , this ; man had ***< & ! & tJr *^* * > * he was willing , for the f 5 s ^ fej Jrt ° * -couEtrymen to make a . sacrifice of k&ias inlr " " ^^ te occasioned the breach , had ? ° » a heanTl 6001 ^ - ^ a it , instead of to heal it np , *» M , hevDw ! deserTea ^ e fateTrhicb , innoeentas f ^ teni Srt S ^ «» njtered to expiate the guiU - ^ * e «^_ fim " IB 0 T 6 " paved the way ^^ sil ^ i ^ l ovBttiEHi waa the precnr 8 or of ^^ &Bao ^ v fr ^ kento « esficmed the brrach in our lerael ^^ smoto ***< & * it > aot to heal it np . He T ^ ittSn ^^ itself—that would have been
be-W ? * * S ^ T - ouia ^^ ^ eroga £ rom *« w ^ fi ^ iteiit ^^ V * ny * tery—and -would have fc ^*> . B ? mthe originator-ana head of a secreJ - *?*»•• I » 1 A ? eade > kept apart ; bnt he had H ^* Seg , ^ j !^ eaTB to : nesilfor ^ im- He liad Jt ^ » Bp aVZL ? > " * < ame into ' onr meefings 2 ? 14 TO ^ S ! Jljm of th £ 3 r master , by seeking ^ eo > Ba £ 17 ^ lentls > and to disunite us by dis 5 ^ % teSfo ^ f *? & *** amongst us as % > b ^ ttmTOJ- Vecoullnot - ^ ^ ttt pOaie sad open , not like ibeir - * -
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secret sod concealed . But we could have made them knows—we can brand them ; and until this is done until their guilt is Tendered so apparent , is "wr itten so clearly on their brows , that afl may mark them , may siran them , and despise them—they will contlnne to sow dissension amongst us , and draw away our members under somefalse pretence or other . Why don't those men assumetfeeir proper colours ? Why do they appear in ours ? Villains always put on the disguise of honesty ta betray honest men . Once Bpon a time , when Scarborough Caslie was taken , a band of soldiers put on
countrymen ' s frocks , and got admission under that simple guise ; and -we all know that policemen put on plain clothes when ihey act as spies . I leng Bince saw the necessity of separating tlrer sheep from the goats , the corn from the chaff , the trae from the false ; and for this purpose it was that I brought the subject for . ward in a sermon on false brethren . I used strong language in that sermon ; lor it would not have answered the purpose to use mild and gectle terms . When we have rats to smoke out of tbeir boles and corners , or "wasps- out of their nests , "we do not burn perfumes—no , we burn brimstone . '
I scarcely knew who were new-movera ; bat I made ibem discover themselves , I said they were traitors , and np started the very men to say , we are not . ' I had not named them , but they appeared . No trae Chartist was bnrt or effended by my remarks , though the false ones were sore . Conscience pricked themthe galled jades winced ; I was to prove those charges ; no procfB were necessary ; the new more itself proved all . We felt the effect and knew the cause . We knew the men—they made themselves known . I ¦ wished not to name them—they were unworthy of being named . I should never have taken notice of them but for the sake of the cause . Lei no one think for a moment that I have any personal prejudice against these men . Who gave honour where honour was dnewho preferred Ms brethren in honour more than I had done ?
„ Dr . Johnson once aaad— " I love a good hater "meaning that such a one is honest We loved these men while they were true , and hated them as well when they turned false^—when they deserted the cause and strove to ruin it . The arch-movers of new movism sit secreay "at home , like spiders at the back of their webs , feeling the strings when a poor iy is caught ; but none save mere buzzards remain—blue bottles—they cannot boast of one honest working-bee taken in their toils . We know all their secret movements from their first publication , which they styled *• Chartism , but which ought more properly to have been called "Whigism "—because it echoed the Whig cry that the people are
unfit for the franchise . It did not say so broadly—no ; it was too cunning , it waa less honest than the Whigs for that ; but the whole tone and tendency of that pamphlet was in accordance with Whig principles—it was an echo , and an echo is fainter than the first voice . What better proof can we desire of this than that the Whig organs praised it , and called on Government to advance public money to further its objects ? Wonld a Whig Government dothiafor genuine Chartism' —would it farther our national organization ?—no ; but it would further any scheme act on foot to retard or destroy that organization . ( To be coitinued . )
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TO THE EDITOa 05 THE KOBTHEBN STAU . Deak Sir , —Mr . O'Connor is earnestly entreated not to give pain to the Chartists by calling them " his par ty . " I am , dear Sir , your ' s , respectfully , BatterBea . Joss Wiikiss .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Broxhebs is the Cavse , —Having been nominated as one of five te examine the Executive accounts , && , I beg most deferentially to decline , as I do not see that the country can come to any further decision on the subject , and any further time spent on it would be wasteful and ridiculous excess . Besides the Executive steward has fiatly declared his determination not to deliver up the books until aome £ 16 and odd be paid him as arrears , which he says are due from the Chartists to him . Best let this disgraceful matter " pass if possible into oblivion , and let us take heed whom we trust in future . I remain , Brothers , Your grieved Friend , J . WATK . 1 NS .
P . S . Having been requested to Btate my opinion on Cooper ' s plan of a new organisation , I must beg leave to decline doing so , as I think if the old plan cannot be amended , it would be better to appoint a committee to draw up a new one , and thus let it be the plan ef the whole body , and not of an individual—then it would have more weight with it J . W . BatterBea .
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MRS , ELLIS TO HER FRIENDS . TO IKK EDITOa 01 THS S OBTHESS STAR . Sra , —Having arrived safe back to the place from ¦ where my poor husband is by heartless faction banished , will you allow me a place in the columns of the next Star , to publicly thank all those friends who sustained and so generon&ly assisted me during iny journey to take my last farewell of poor Ellis ; particularly to Mr . and Mrs . Lowe , of Wednesbury , the benefactors of my dear little girl , and whose kindness to me -wts unbounded . By doing which , Sir , you will serve and greatly oblige . Yours , truly , Exua Eilis . Burslem , Jan . 23 , 1 S 43 .
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THE " UNION" CRY . Chartists i do not unite with the middle classes ; they mean you no good , as may be proved by their actions . Was not the Member for Edinburgh Vieir mouthpiece , in condemning the Charter as a thing that would not only destroy the upper and middle classes , but would bring the greatest evils on the head of its advocates- 2 ? ow , if this be the opinion of these classes —which they have never disowned—what sort of an " union" do yon seek ? Are you goi g to retrogade ? Are you going to . acknowledge that the principle of -Equality before the law is false ? Are you prepared to
join hands with those who have ground down your wages to the starvation point—with the monopolists of capital , and the monopolists of land , who effectually say to their fellows by nature—" Thou shalt not work—thoa shalt sot till the land—thon shalt "not get a living , unless thou first acknowledge the land to be mine , by giving me a prenJinm for the privilege of producing tbjself a living Irom that which God hath said was for all ? They , tie monopolists , have said " No ; and thou shalt not have so much as thy loot will cover" }
Then look at the capitalists and the shopocrats What has been their conduct towards the producers of aB real wealth ? How did they come by their wealth ? Did they produce it ? I answer for them . They did not produce it ; ntither could they have gotten it but by fraud snd cunning ; "by giving a man less than what he earned on one hand , and cheating their customers on the other . Is not the horse-leech a fair specimen of their character , which cries , " Give , give , and has never enough 3 " O i but , say the advocates of union , " the principle . " That is the question ! Well , and what principle have they acknowledged ? Do they say that you ought to be equally represented with
them ? Look to Glasgow and to Leicester , and to their organs , especially to the Nonconformist , the acknowledged organ of the Sturge party , who pretend to cry ont for TJXIOJ ! . Have they not sat in the jury boxes , and imprisoned and transported your brethren ? and by shutting some of your advocates in damp cells , have they not caused their death ? and by demanding excessive bail , have they not done all they could to abut the mouths of yeur lecturers ? Have you forgot the Reform Bill , and its ' " finality ? " These are a few of the acts of the arrogant and deceitful middle and upper classes . And these are the men whom seme of your pretended friends would have you join and give your strength to .
What ! -would you shake rnvnflB with the murderers ol Holberry and Clayton ? Oh , how their spirits would npbraid yeu with cowardice , for giving up principle for expediency . It is a by-way that "will eventually lead you into gins and snares which are set for you . O no ; let us die like men who have nailed their colours to the mast and will not forsake them 1 Let us never shake hands with such a base unmanly set of vile misrepresentatives 2 To join them is to suppose yourselves to have more cunning than they have . Do not think to make tools of them , and not expect at the same time they will not do the Bame to yon The proposition is preposterous—It is false , and the devil is the propagator of it Do not suppose , m > fellow suffarera , by the moQcpolisuig system under which we exkt , that it is a
struggle between man and man . You may take higher ground—it is a stsuggle between Christ and the devilbetwixt Christianity and vhat anti- Christianity—that man of sin which must "be destroyed before the millennium can take place . Hasten then the time by union ameng yourselves ; by a fixed determination never to forsake the principles of equality ; taking care that those that would lead you must be the servant of all Ye are the city that is set on a hill that cannot be hid . Taen follow your master and his apostles ; and how did they beat their adversaries , but by giving no quarter to prejudice nor expediency , and by a
straightforward and upright conduct , -which floundered their opponents on every encounter ? Then let us stick to principle , spurning from us all the baits ot the enemyconvincing them of the hopelessness of either diverting or turning out of its way the voice of public opinion , which shall sweep away the rubbish of prejudice , monopoly , avarice , and also the foolishness of legislating for self and not for oox neighbours ; and then shall be brought to pass that delightful period when swords nftgTi be beat Into ploughshares and spears into pruning hooks ; when every man " shall sit under his vine and fig tree , none making them afraid . ** Onward then , and we conquer , backward and we fall '
Shall ire give up our leaders ? No ; never Remember iBsop and his fable of the wolves and the sheep ; vrhen they iave got our dogs safely ont of the way , their whelps would soon begin to yelp and howl , and then they-would tern upon and devour us like ally sheep as Te -were , for supposing their notes were changed , because the barking of our dogs threatened tteir destruetioa . M . Mvvd .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE UOBTHBRM STAR . SiB ,, —Win you be kind enough to give publicity to the following fact : — A few mornings aince , as I was proceeding to my employ , I saw a poor unfortunate girl carrying On her back the implements used for cleansing chimneys . I have not the least doubt that - the child had been made to ascend a chimney , as she had a scraper and brush ; likewise a man was with her , carrying the soot bag , alone . Evidently no machine had been used , and thus a human being is made the tool for a mercenary wretch to evade the law , providing the act especially refers to boys , which I believe it does . fWhata sight to behold ; one of that sex whom men are more particularly taught to nourish and protect , on & cold winter ' s morning , employee ! in the most degrading of all callings that
exist in this country , hounded on by an unfeeling monster , ( for she did not walk faBt enough . ) with tears trickling down h . er sooty and begrimed face , and her appearance altogether denoting the most intense bodily suffering . Such a eight as this , Sir , would have made any man blush , who was possessed of the least remnant of humanity , and in a town too , where is located a splendid castle , with its royal drones , as inmateB , where all the mummeries of a court are being d&Uy enacted , and in a land that granted twenty millions of pounds for the emancipation of slaves abroad , and that has for its chief magistrate one of the same sex as the unfortunate being on behalf of whom I write . 1 wonld the child cculd approach the throne and articulate to the Queen—sister release me from my suffering :.
If , Sir , the attention of the legislature is called , through the means of the Star , to the subject , it will be gratifying to me to know that that invaluable organ of the people has been once more the means of rendering a service to my suffering fellow creatures . Hoping speedily to see all trae friends of the people united for the purpose of obtaining a full measure of justice , I remain .
An uncompromising advocate of the Six Points of the People ' s Charter , William Matthews 42 , Peascod-street , Windsor , Jan . 22 . 1843 .
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WHO ARE THE ABETTORS OT PHYSICAL FORCE ? TO THE EDITOR OF THB NORTHERN STAR "I have seen , in all histories , the defenders of liber ty borne down fey calumny , and destroyed by faction /'—Robesp J erre . Sir , —There is something so extremely absurd in the " higher and middle classes" professing such a righteous indignation against physical force , and bo evidently unjust in the calumnies which they have heaped upon the -working classes , and the body of Chartists , that the necessity for any reply is of itself a severe censure upon those who originated and entertain these slanders , for their statements not only display gross ignorance , but wilful falsehood and malignity ; they have not only attained their present position by the means for which they profess snch a virtuous abhorrence , and have always resorted to them far the purpose of attaining their ends , but by ihe power which they have thus seized , and the circumstances in -which they have placed the people , they are themselves responsible for whatever violence the industrious classes have resorted to .
To account for accusations bo inc : nsutent , and contrary to justice , having proved so powerful in destroying those who have identified themselves with the people , and advocated their interests , it will be necessary to examine the circumstances under -which they have operated ; and the first feature to be observed is , that they axe made by those in possession of exclusive ¦ political power , that wealth and influence is always associated with such power , which has been used to ita utmost extent to keep the people in a state of ignorance , diffusing only such statements and dogmas as are serviceable to themselves ; to effect this they have not only the means of calling into existence stamp duties ; of-suppression by positive enactments , and of placing the people In such a situation that it is scarcely
possible for them to diffuse information , or receive any , except through men and their organs ; but by the wealth which they have amassed through this exclusive power , they have been able to carry out their influence by appealing to the cupidity of men , and holding out the inducements of place and power to those who would advocate their purposes ; asd by deterring others from opposing them with terror , every invention and circumstance , which , if applied to its legitimate purpose , would have been beneficial to mankind , has been thus seized upon ; and the more extensive the oligarry , and especially where it is a property qualification government , the greater are the facilities for seizing upon them a 9 inst .. > nments against the people . We bad a melancholy example of this fact in England by the use which has been made of the press , of the roomed and legislative classes—it has pandered to their prejudices , falsehood , and injustice ; to ensure profit for themselves , " their paper is their bread , "
their hope of sharing In some of the wealth which is wrung from the impoverished working classes ; the object of these " guides of the public mind" is not to uproot prejndice , but to please ; not to diffuse information , but to make statements according to the "Wishes of their supporters ; not to oppose injustice , bat to gratify some faction of the oppressors ; not truth , but profit ; and this has been one of the most powerful engines for the propagation of these slanders , and those who have been professedly the most liberal , have effected the . greatest injury ; for , by playing a double par t , they have been the better able to disguise the poison , and by prefts ^ ing to admire and advocate popular liberty , they bad gained upon some of those ¦ who really wished to see such principles established , and then used the hold which they had thus gained , to destroy every practical effort which has been made to establish these principles , the men -who have devoted their energies to them , and to calumniate the people for whose benefit they are .
Having glanced at the means by which these slanders have been propagated , -we will next enquire into the conduct of those who originate tnem , and -who are at all times so ready to call the working - classes and Chartists , advocates of " physical force , " "incendiaries , " "horrid miscreants , " " torch and dagger men , " and tb » n tell us that "there is se much disgrace attached to the name that it wonld damn those "who are connected with it , and that it is " so otiious ^ Ddeed , that the very name of Chartist was identical with that of murderer . " To discover the character of these men it will not be necessary to go far back into history and show -the deeds of blood and violence which they have committed when they had any object to serve , but we will take their recent conduct
as citizens , and look at their recommendation and practices whilsS agitating for that Imiddle-class " finality measure , the Reform Bill . These moral force men could then display banners with death ' s head and cross bones , with a drawn dagger , and underneath the motto " Will ye force us to this ? " They could then issne recommendations to the people to " be ready , for they might b » called npon before morning . " They could speak about " stopping the snppiies , " and make very free nse of the fate of Charles . They could then establish Political Unions , and talk of their hundred and fifty thousands of armed men , and allude to the danger of resisting them ; and their organs exulted over and spread these " moral demonstrations , " which resulted in riolinas , burnings , and
bloodshed at JVottmgbam and Bristol , general confusion thronghont the conntry , and political power ron themselves , which they have used to rivet the fetters more firmly upon tbe prodncbrs of wealth . And what has been the conduct of these " peace / id , legal , and constitutional reformers , " ever since they were in possession of political power ? What course have they pursued in the monopoly-upMldinganti-monopolj / agitation 1 Recommendations to make tbe battle cry " bread or blood , '"* to " answer with a barricade , " " io appoint a committeeofpublic safety , " "to compel" them by stopping all their mills upon-a given day , " and thus force the people to outrage , for , said they , " even if it vxre certain thai it ( the Corn Law ) could not be repealed without bloodshed , it by no means follows that it should be suffered to exist England has some noble Bomans who would willingly lay down their lives in such a holy cause . *"* And these recommendations were
suppor ted by some very significant extracts from histories of various revolutions , in which " ladies' heads had been carried about the Btreets upon poleB , " which would " serve both for a warniifg and via-example , " in which " excisemen were tarred and feathered , " and " calls to send six hundred men who knew bow to die were quickly responded to . " This is the conduct of these men who are so shocked with the " physical force Chartists , " who entertain snch an horror for anything but * ' moral means "—who have calumniated the most peaceable , forbearing , and industrious people in the world!—and who have resorted to Buch means even after ihey were possessed of political power , and by their upholding the present system of legislation , were bound by every principle to obey its laws , and deprived of every plea and excuse for such conduct . —Who will not say that these men are entitled to dub themselves " peaceful , legal , and constitutional Reformers . "
We have seen "what is toe character of the accusers , " which is more than usually necessary in this case , as it will ultimately be seen that through their example and influence as citizens , and conduct as legislators , they are themselves responsible for -whatever violence the people have committed—which will form the subject of my sext letter ; and it is consolatory to find that in proportion as " these leaders" ; lose tbeir iDluence , the people become more firm and temperate ; and , opposed as I and those who are sincerely attached to our principles are to such violence and outrage , and deploring the calamities which attend them ; a knowledge of this cheers us on In out exertions to diffuse Intelligence , by which alone we shall carry out p ur principles by means as praiseworthy as our object is glorious . I remain , Sir , Yout ' s , truly ,
si- ? R . T . Morrison . Nottingham , Jtm . 22 , 1842 . * Further particulars of this and other sayings and doinga of these " moral force" men may be seen by referring to tbe leading article of the Northern Star , August 28 th , 1842 .
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THE EXECUTIVE . "Hear all and then let justice hold the scale . "—Otw at . Nothing will have more grieved every good Chartist , for nothing can have mor « injured the cause , than the proyen , the admitted , but the unrepented ani unatonsrt dereliction of duty and defalcation in the accounts ef the present Executive iof the National Charter Association . The principal onus rests upoa the Secretary aud tbe self-coustituted Treasurer—he being the most responsible officer—but his brethren participate the blame and apparently do not wish to be exempt from it Each will have enough to do to answer for himself without endeavouring to exculpate the other .
All well-wishers to the cause must have wished that this burning blot on -the fair forehead of Chartism conld have been privately erased , either by a secret examination and silent discharge of the guilty parties , or by a public announcement of their innocence ; but this wise coarse , though attempted to be pursued by the sound Chartists , has been frustrated by the arrogant imbecility . and shameless pertinacityjof the culprits , who ought to have known that to " persist in doing wrong , extenuates not wrong , but makes It much more heavy . " We hive a rale in scripture which says , "if thy brother shall trespass against thee , go and tell him his fault between thee and bim alone : If he shall hear thee , tbou hast gained thy brother . But if he will not hear thee , then take with thee one or two more , that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established . And if he shall neglect to hear them tell it unto the church , but if he neglect to
hear the church , let bim be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican . ' This rule appliesmore to private injuries—such tenderness 1 b not due to publicdefaalteis , and yet this forbearing , this Christian course was pursued to the letter in respect of your Executive ; but with what effect ? I am sony to say that instead of producing tbe desired effect , this lenlencey did but encourage their hopes of impunity , did but Increase their hardened presnmption . The charges against the Executive were not only charges of omission but of commission ; of omitting to see that the plan of organisation was carried out or even acted upon by themselves , and of committing peculation or embtzzling tbefundB of the association . None more grievouB or more grave charges could be brought against men in their high and important office , trusted as they were with most serious duties , most solemn responsibilities ; and bow have they answered thvse charges ?—by flippancy , prevarication , and abase .
" 1 ne ' er heard yet That any of these bolder vices wanted Less impudence to gainsay what they did Than to perform it first " Empty volubility has been opposed to circumstantial charge . They have met crimination by recrimination . No lawyer , no fencer could have displayed more ingenuity in shifting the venue . They have uot been able to repel a fact , to refute an argument ; but they Bay their accusation grows by plot ; it proceeds from persoual ill-wilL If they had thought so , surely they would have been more careful and not have given their enemies ( if they have any ) a handle against them—an opportunity to arraign them , an occasion to triumph over them .
Mr . Hill , as a member of . the National Charter Association , but more especially as a Chartist Councillor , and most especially as a public censor , to which office he was voted by Universal Suffrage . —Mr . William Hill , tbe Editor of the NorlJiern Star , the organ of the movement—did but his boundeu duty when he brought those charges before the Chartist public—he did no more than his duty when be sustained them with all his might—bad he done leas he would have deserved expulsion from the press . The only thing to regret is that he did not go more roundly to work . But he waited till every private means had failed—all requests , all remonstrances , bad been answered but with aggravation , with insult added to injury , just as the members of Parliament ) anBWer our petitions—then and net till then , did the indignant Xial of the Censor rise to denounce them—thus proving his sincere love of the cause—proving himself do lukewarm Chartist . The honour of Chartism was Involved in this
affairthe well-being of the cause wa& invaded by those who indeed were the appointed guardians and conservators of it Hard it is to bave to reproach those whom we have honoured . Bard it is that those whom vre honoured should bring disgrace on the cause . But they have cast off their former selves amd compelled us to cast them off . What s misfortune ft is to be guilty . We may pity them but we must be just . Desertion , even treason , were as nothing . Deserters and traitors have sometimes this excuse—that they were driven away in despair or in disgust ; but the Executive are men who have been invested with the highest honours , who were tbe best paid—in whom unbounded confidence was placed—they could have no complaint of neglect or ingratitude—they had no temptation but their own cupidity—no incitement but over weening self-love—no motive bat self-interest . And shall they rely upon impunity 1 Shall they be honoured for their breach of duty , their breach of trust ? Then is Chartism goue —there are no Chartists—no more faith can be put
us . The zeal of the Executive previous to their obtaining office had won for them the confidence of the peoplethey hod been useful members of the Association—each in bis proper sphere had done much good—it was thought they were well qualified for the post assigned them . Why should their zeal have slackened since ? Why should they bave relaxed the strings of Chartism , which ought always to be kept up to the utmost pitch of principle ? Did they wish to enervate the agitation and prepare the people to connive at tbeir corruption ?
Why should all their disinterestedness have fled ? It makes one think that they sought office fur the sake of its sweets . They have acted like lawyers , parsons , and system-mongers . The honour of Chartism could not be touched in a more tender point than In its financial department- How scrupulous they should have been to have avoided even tbe suspicion of exaction , extortion , sinister design , or any foul or unfair dealing — so tbat there Bbould be found no mote in their eyes , no trifling , no temporizing , no tergiversation . Their accounts should always have been ready at every call for public inspection .
I was in hopes that this scandalous affair would have been settled long ere this—that , the Executive would have acknowledged their transgressions—bad they done so , a generous people would bave pardoned them and probably ( though not politically ) have reinstated them in ofBce ; but they rely upon the credulity of their supporters , or upon the factious or party spirit of their personal friends , and most impudently , most indecently , reply with abuse to argument , attack others instead of defending themselves , and insolently . attempt toj turn the tables upon their
accusers . Oh , too much they steel men ' s hearts against them ! Our moral discipline should be as strict as martial law , and instant renunciation with the deepest denunciation should be awarded to those who not only do wrong , but seek to establish wrong as a precedent to be followed . Theirs is no common guilt , —the sins of Whigs and Tories , though red as scarlet , become white as snow in comparison . The peculation ef government Is open and avowed—but the peculation of our Executive adds the crime of hypocrisy to it—tbeir theft is tinged with ingratitude .
The mal-adminiattatiou and malconduct of the Executive—tbeir blunders and their crimes—is not the worst—is the least part of the charge against them . They might plead ignorance , incapacity , distresses , or difficulties in their way . But their subsequent defence or deficience—the factious advantage which they take of the prejudices they have raised—of the pity with which they would soften justice and silence principle—these ate the acts which condemn them , and for which they deserve punishment more than fiver for their previous inoompetency aud delinquency . They have encouraged a laxity of discipline—have set an example of it—and now they would shelter themselves under it—now , like the unjast steward , they find the use of those friends which they made while in office by the mammon of
unrighteousness . For what purpose were these men made an Executive ?—was it not that they , more than all other Chartists , should further the canse by acting honestly , faithfully , and z-jaloosly ! If we honour them for negligence , covetousness , and dishonesty , w ill it not look as if we chose them for their unfitness , rather than for their fitness ; or at least . that we are batter satisfied with an unfaithful discharge of their duties , than we should bave been with the contrary . We chose them , and do not like to have it proved to as that we have made a bad choice ; but surely it would be more foolish in ub obstinately to continue them in office , than to acknowledge that we were deceived in them . Why , upon this principle we should continue our representatives in parliament , after they had misrepresented as , and tbe Charter would do us no good . Alas ! how
many Chartists are there who know not , who feel not what real Chartism la For , can it be believed , we hear of some Chartists bo far forgetful of themselves and the cause as to attempt feeds in " honour" ot the Executive . " Why should honour outlive honesty ?" What encouragement has tb . 9 " trusty sentinel" ( whom we have chosen ) to do bis duty , if he is to be insulted for doing it—if the criminals are to be rewarded and the officer who brings them to justice ta be punished in their stead . Should this course of conduct be persisted in , it will behove not only eyety Chartist , but every man who takes an interest in truth and justice to rise to put an end to it . It will make our association an association of rogues and vagabonds , and all who value their own characters , all who value tbe cause , wiU leave it , will not join us—will denounce us as the friends of vice and the foes of virtue .
Nothing now can redeem the cause—can restore Chartism to the respect of the world , unless an example be made of these men . What ! in a canse which , like ours , bas so much prejudice to contend against—has so many watching to find flaws in us—for our chief officers to give such just occasion of scorn ud opprobrium ! a cause the strength of which depends entirely upon its moral power , to be weakened by the immoral and untrustworthy conduct of its own executive ! If tbeoe men ate continued in office or re-elected , shall we not show to the country that we bave no sagacious discernment between true and false , or that "we prefer the wrong to the right I Who will contribute to theirsupport ? who will subscribe to the misapplied and misappropriated funds of tbe association ? Some may .
How difficult it is to serve the people in spite of themselves—bow painful to incur odium where most praise due—to be made a mark of hatred instead of honour when he who stands true stands as a mark from
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which to measure the deviation of the false . Do those who bouour the dishonest think that the " poor abuses of the time want countenances . " Are they aware of the excuse offered by Belatius who isays , " beaten for loyalty , excited me to treason . " Say , tbey have given their confidence to thimbld-riggera and been cheateddo they obtain their revenge when jthey renew their confidence and are again cheated—should they not ¦ withdraw it and be instructed by jthe error of their choice ? We might forgive th « injury to ourselves ; but not the injury to the cauac . lie not deceived by the apparent sincerity of men . Shakespere says , speaking of a blunt knave— " This ; is some fellow , who having been praised for blunt ness , doth effect a saucy roughness—he ca :: not flatter ,. ! he ! an honest mind and plain , be must speak truth aud tbey will take it , so , if not . he ' s plain . These kind of knaves I know , which in this plainness harbour more crafi and more corrupter ends than twenty silly ducking observants that stretch tbeir duties nicely . "
No time , no place , no exigency can sanction dishonesty , and the dishonesty of our fuglemen is worst of all . I have long been of opinion that the Executive were useless except as lecturers , tbat as ail Executive they have done little but damage the cause . I eould cite many proofs uf tnia ; but the reader will recollect them . We have many who work for us voluntarily and gratuitously ; but the Executive were not content with their wages and expences and additional gifts ; taxes wrong from necessity to supply superfluities , although many poor men were pinching themselves more cruelly than poverty bad pinched them in order to spate something towards tbe support of the Executive , fondly deeming that in supporting them they were supporting
the cause . But instead of opening new ground , two ot them were opening shops , a third required 10 a . a-week extra , in order to bring out the trades . jHas he brought them out ? Will be tell oa that there waa any possibility of bis being able to do it ? that | this money was not swindled under false pretences ? | I have visited from three to four trade lodges in a night , where tbe principles of Chartisin had never before been hf-ard , but I did not meet that individual there . I have supplied appointments which he had disappointed with no reward but calumnies , opposed : only by a self approving conscience . It should be our endeavour to save the people ' s expense , aud uot to get as much money as possible for doing as little ¦ work as
possible , f But then the time when these men were denounced —all of them in trouble aud one in exUs !! Did tbey not by their injudicious conduct bring the discreet into trouble along with themselves ? Is not embtzi ' ement a crime most easily , and consequently most frequently committed ; and , therefore , like forgery , most deserving of punishment ? Did not tbe flight of one of them ripen the doubt of their guilt to certainty and cause the rest to be prosecuted ? Can any one be said to be absent wbo can put in his plea for himself in the papers?—can any one be more present than that ? Fttw can appear so well ! Is he bo much to be cominisserated who bas
escaped the hands of Government by running away , as those who are in ita clutch by manfully standing their grcttad and resolving to Buffer martyrdomi if necessary , in defence of tbeir principles , and in defiance of persecution ? Whether is the runagate , or hejwbo flinches not from his post when the band of oppression is stretched forth for victims , most deserving of sympathy and suppor t ? Is that gentleman to be considered a brave man who wantonly insults another , and , when challenged to fight , decline * on the score tbat be is under bonds to keeps the peace ? Ought he not to have considered this before ? Should not leaders be as tender of the people ' s blood as of their own , and not disperse in all directions when the bawfcs are abroad , leaving tbe people to shift for themselves or be shot ? Let us bave no more of this ; but proceed to an election of new men . and turn over a new leaf .
Battersea . John Watklxs
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Lord Coortknat , the eldest son of frhe Earl of Devon , will , it is reported , move the address in . the House of Commons . The Poor ' s rates in Sunderlaud are now seven ,-teen shillings in the pound on tbe rental ! This act was communicated in a letter , the other day , by a commercial traveller , to a manufacturing firm in , this town —Leicester Chronicle . j A Practical Jest . —A man aamed Moore , who deals in young trees , shrubs , seedlings , and other juvenile vegetables , near Carlow , was knocked up lately , at an unseasonable hour , by a person travelling on a jaunting oar , who demanded if he did not keep " a nursery V " Yes , " said he . ** Well , then , here ' s something in your line !" Before he could open the door , bis customer had gone off at a slinging trot , and left a nice little child at the threshold . It , of courae , has been set among the ' olive plants . \
An Error in Practice . —The physician in attendance upon the sick poor , in the Limerick workhouse , lately prescribed for an old man , that he should be blooded , and bis head shaved . The apothecary , mistaking the person , operated upon another old man , and both the parties died ! 1
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Welch Collierifs . —We much regret that the cessation from colliery labour still continues in this county , and time turn-outs have set all law at defiance by forcibly turning out industrious men in some of the works in Glamorganshire . Strong measures are on foot to prevent a repetition of such outrages . — Monmou'hihire Merlin . Joshua Jacob , the leader of the extraordinary sect denominated White Quakers , has been arrested , and is novr in custody in Dublin . He is charged with having fraudulently obtained the sum ot £ 9 , 000 from one of his female converts .
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HlDDfc-RSFIELD ClOTH MaRKET , TOESDAT , JaN . 24 .- ~ Tho buioeas transactions ofthisday were very light ; an improvemen upon the last cannot be quoted many one department . Most of the frequenters of the market appear amazad at the inactive state in which trade remains at pr « sent , with every probability of its continuance . London Corn Exchange , Monday , January 23 —The arrivals of tbe past week have b een rather liberal of English Wheat , but somewhat scanty of other kinds of grain , especially of Irish Oats . In to-day ' s market the stands , arising from tho increased fresh receipts from Essex , Kent , and Suffolk , were tolerably wellj bus not to say heavily , filled with samples of wheat of home growth . Notwithstanding the attendance of bosh London and country buyers was fair , we have again so report a
very heavy inquiry foe that article , and the prices suffered no abatement , from those noted on Monday last , of from is . to 2 s . per quarter , while several parcels were left over for Wednesday . No Foreign Wheat has come to hand since our last , yet , scarcely any traisactiona took place in it . However , the prices may be called quite Is . per quarter lower . The show of Efarley was comparatively stnall . Good malting parcels maintained their previous value , bat grilling aad distilling sorts were Is . per quarter lovfcer . We had very little doing in any kind of Male , yet the quotations remained about stationary . Although the supply of Oats was limited , the inquiry for them was inactive , at late rdtea .- ^ Beans moved off slowly , while Peas were the turn lower . The Flour trade was again dull , and ship marks were cheaper .
London Smithfield Makket , Monday , Jan . 21 . —Notwithstanding the supply of beasts on offer here this morning was comparatively limited , wo have to report a very sluggish inquiry for Beef , owing chit fly to the immense quant ifey of couutryslanghtered meat in the dead markets . However , the primest Scots , Devon ? , runts , Herefords , < fec , sold at prices about equal to those obtained on this day ge'unight , or from 4 s to 4 i 4 d per 8 lbs , but tbe value of the middling and inferior descriptions , which formed the bulk of the receipts , was with difficulty supported . As to Sheep , these were in . fair average arrivals , and somewhat better in quality , though numbers of them wore extremely lame , than for some time past . Prime old Downs being rather scarce maintained previous currencies ,
but those of the long wools and half-ends had a downward tendency , and a clearance of such was wot effected . We had very few Calves on the market , and they sold freely at Friday ' s advanced rates . Prime small Porkers went off steadily ; other kinds of pigs slowly at our quotations . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , we received about 800 Scots and homebred ^; from our northern grazing districts , 450 short horns , runts , and Devons ; from the western and midland counties , 350 of various breeds ; from other parts of England 150 Scots , runts , cows , Devons , &e . ; and from Scotland , by sea , 70 horned and polled Scots . Tne imports of foreign stocks since our last have been very scanty , and we had only four Spanish beasts hero to-day , m miserable condition .
Borough Hop Market . —We have had a very steady demand for most kinds of Hops since this day se ' nnight , and in some instance , a further advance of from Is to 2 ^ per cwt . has bees obtamed for the best parcels . The supplies on offer are far from extensive . East Kent , in pockets , £ 5 10 s to £ 6 15 s ; ditto in bags , £ 5 to £ 6 ; Mid Konts , in pockets , £ 5 8 i to £ < 5 12 j ; ditto , in bags , £ 5 10 * to £ 5 15 s ' , Sussex , £ 4 10 s to £ 5 18 s ; Farnhams , £ 9 to £ 11 ; Old Hops , £ 3 5 s to £ 4 Us . Potato Markets . —For the best samples of Potatoes we have a , better demand , but without , any ad * vance in price . Inferior and out-of-condition sorts are mendiag . Tae arrivals have been fair for the season , and the following are the present rates : — York reds , 559 to 60 s per ton ; Scotch ditto , 45 s" to 50 s ; Devons , 46 s Jo 50 s ; Kent and Essex whites 40 s to —s ; Wisbeach , 4 Ds to 45 i ; Jersey and Guernsey blues , 40 s to 44 d ; Yorkshire Prince Regents , 40 s to
Wool Markets . —The best qualities of Colonial and Foreign Wools , are Belling somewhat freely ; but , in other kinds , as well as ail descriptions of British , very little is doing . Tho imports during the past week have been about 1 , 000 packages ; 770 being from Odessa ; 18 from Mogadore ; 429 from Kertch , and 10 from Naples . Our stocks are no * iarge . Tallow , —There is little new information to give our friends relative to this market . The deliveries are good when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year , but the price is heavy , because the holders are generally aaXioud to realise . The price at St . Petersburgh for new Tallow is firmer , and but few sellers , yet Tallow has been sold at 45 s . 6 d . for the last three months . Town Tallow 47 s . ( id . net cash .
Liverpool Cotton Market , Monday , Jan . 23- — The sales to day are about 3 , 500 bags . The market is very dull and flat , but there is no further change to notice in prices since the close of the week . Exporters have taken 500 bags American . Oa Saturday the sales were 3 , 000 bags . Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Jan . 23 . — We have had about the same supply of cattle at market to-day as last week , with no variation in prices . Beef 5 &d . to 6 d . Mutton fid . to 6 d . Number of Cattle at market : —Beasts 1 , 006 , Sheep 3 , 458 .
Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , Jan . 23 . — The imports of British Grain , Flour and Oatmeal , for the past week , are of small amount , and the only arrival from abroad is that of 265 barrels of Flour trom the United States . During the same period we have experienced very little country demand ; tho town ' s millers and dealers also have have bought sparingly ; holders , however , have not pressed , and the sales effected in any article of the trade have been at the prices quoted in our last report . A little fine Irish new red Wheat has sold at 7 s . per 70 : bs . Choice mealing Oats bave brought 2 s . id ., and one or two small parcels of good Welsh 2 i . 2 ^ d . per 45 tbs , 25 s . 6 d . to 28 * . per barrel are the rates tor United States and Canadian Flour ; 21 s . 0 d . to 21 s . 9 d . per 2401 bs . those for Oatmeal . English malting Barley , under Scarcity , bears a full value ; 34 s . per quarter bas been paid for Chevalier . No change as regards Beans or Peas .
Rochdale Flannel Market , Monday , Jan . 23 . —To-day we bad an unusually dull market ; very few buyers were present , and the busiae .-s transacted was very limited . The merchants offered less money for flannels , but the manufacturers very generally refused to sell at reduced prices . Tne Wool Market has been still worse ; hw sales have been effected at any price . Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Jan . 21 . — The trade has assumed a very languid character , and the transactions during the week have been on the most limited scale in all articles , contrary to the expectations which might be formed from the
narrow compass to which the stocks are reduced in first hands , as also in these of the dealers . The imports at Liverpool and Runcorn are light , 8 , 439 loads of Oatmeal from Ireland forming the chief artic . ' e ; whilst our supplies of British produce elsewhere are such as to cause no accumulation of stock even with a demand by no means ac'ive . There was a slender attendanca of buyers at our market tbis morning ; and , although the advance noticed oa this day Be ^ inight was not supported , we do not reduce our quotations , but repeat them nominally , as the amount of business done was only to a very moderate extent .
Richmond Corn Market , Saturday , Jan . 21 . — We had a fair supply of Gram in our market , to-day , which oaly had a dull sale . Wheat sold from 5 a 3 d to 6 s 6 d . Oats 2 a to 2 s 83 . Barley 3 s 6 d to 3 z 9 d . Beans 4 s to 4 s 4 d per bushel . State of Trade in Barnsley . —This town presents the most om nous forebodings of a retarn of the horrid suffering of last year . The fancy Drill season draws to a close and as the workmen finish their work are in most instances turned off . And what makes tho general appearance worse , is , that the other br inches of weaving are in a complete state of ruin having never recovered from the depression of last year .
York Corn Market , Saturday , Jan . 21 . —We have not much Wheat offering to-day , but are well supplied with Oats and Barley . Wheat is out of condition , and Is to 2 s per qr , lower . Barley is in . very great demand ; and having a fresh buyer or two in the market , high prices are paid . Oats are dull , and tbe turn lower . Newcastle Corn Market , Saturday , Jan . 21 . — We had only a moderate supply of Wheat at market this morning from the oountrj / ami the arrivals from the coast are very trifling , nevertheless the trade ruled dull , and all descriptions must be noted fully
Is . per qr . lower . Foreign Wheat is held with firmness , but the business transacted was exceedingly limited . In Rye there is little doing . The arrival of Barley this week are very light , and our maltsters being mostly bare of stock , the trace is firm at an advance of Is . per qr . on all descriptions . For Beans and Peas there is no inquiry . Malt is the turn dearer . The show of Oats today was large , and they met a heavy sale at rather uuder ther& tejj ^^^ of last week . Flour , although in limited suppjynara ^ O ^ J ^*^ v . dull sale at Is . per sack decline . ^ i ^^^^^ C ^ S ghk . }>! - *; , £ |^ K ^ - ^\^ ¦ ¦ .... mm ? :, 4 .
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Ta THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brother Chartists , —You have read in theStor of the 14 th of January an article on tha land , which is much deserving your attention . " The land wo live in" is often given as a toast , but like many other toasts , very improperly ; it should be the land we starve in , or the land we ought to live in ; but , in fact , the land we must live on . Many political events have taken place , which , if properly noticed , and well understood , would give you a good idea of the great necessity of some j immediate alteration in tho landed system of Great Britain , without which it will soon cease to be a respected cation . I will point out to you an example , one which I am well acquainted With , one tbat "will show you that the land
is the only solid foundation for the happiness and strength of a country ; net tbe land as it ia at present occupied ; not in useful cultivation , guarded by keepers , who are nightly coming in contact with unfortunate men , who consider that they have as much right to take a wild animal as any one else ; and perhaps they consider that no man has a tight , ' either by divine or human laws , to hold so much land , to the great injury aud starvation of thousands . I speak now of those most obnoxious and inhuman laws , ! tbe Game Laws , which with other abominable and worse than fiendish laws , are daily and even hourly brutalizing tbe once noble people of England . We will cow supposo that a revolution should take place in tbis conntry | which God forbid J ) supplies would be
immediately "withheld from tbe markets . No man , except the farmers , has any stock to fail back upon . The farmers in England are very few : where theye is one farmer now , there were fifty in former times . I am writing tbis npon a farm of six hundred acres ; there is only one family on it , and not twenty workmen ; it cannot be well cultivated . I can , I am snre , prove that it would support nfty or sixty families , ' and the produce of the said families would be able to sell at the end of tbe year would be much more than the present farmer produces , I merely mention these things to show the great necessity of a better system , and to give you a subject for discussion ; and I advise you to discuss it , and inquire well into the matter . Now , suppose a revelation to lake place—all trade
would cease—the farmers would be plundered , they being tbe only people that would have anything to eat in their possession—the millions of starving people dying would cause a pestilence , which always ! follows war and famine—the great aud rich landlord ! would , with all his wealth , starve , die , and rot perhaps on his own dunghill . This is a trae picture of what England would be in the event of a civil war . God . foibid it should take place . Now , suppose four fifths of the people were in possession of land , from half an acre to one hundred , and suppose a revolution took place , the four-flfths would bave more to spare than the one-fifth would require for a long time , and supposing the war to last some time , the land would still be in cultivation , except in the immediate seat of the war , Sand as the seat of war is continually shifting , there ; would be little fear of starving , Now for the example . You all know , or ought to know , that there hast been , with short intervals , a civil or foreign war in Spain
for the last thirty-five or six years . The warj called the Peninsular war lasted upwards of seven years , and ended in 1814 ; since which there has been almost a continued civil war , —witness tbe late affair in Barcelona , which has been ciushed for tho moment by despets ; but is not dead , it is only the beginning of an end . Too will find that after all these wars , and they have been dreadful and desperate , Spain is in a healthy , happy state . The country is full of everything tbat is good . There are no poor laws , no people dying of starvation . The land ; is in the bands of at least three-fourths of tbe people . Just consider Biich a war taking place in England as that between Don Carlos and bis niece , what would become of tbe people of England , the millions who have neither bouse nor land 1 When would j they be again in a position to demand their rights . ' Not in one hundred years . Look at tbe Spaniards ;] they with all their civil wars are still as able and as determined , or more so , than ever to have their rights .
The despotic Times speaks in tbe most insolent and brutal manner , respecting the monument to tbe Scottish martyrs , but not so when speaking of the great martyrmaker , the Duke of Wellington , and the monument to fee erected to his memory , for his great feats in tbe Peninsula , Waterloo , &c , &s . Perhaps the Times are ! not awaie , or they will not own it , that the Duke of Wellington would never bave driven tbe French from Spain wltheut the aid of tbe Spanish people . It was the brave Guerillas that drove the French from Spain ; they would bave driven Wellington and his army in the same way , had they wished to do so ; but they were told tbey Wf uld have a liberal Government , but were grossly deceived . The continued civil wars will show how they felt that deception . The people can do eyeiy thing if nnited . i The readers of the Star may gain some knowledge by reading the proceedings and operations of jtbe Guerillas in Spain during the Peninsular wars .
In my next I will tell them what the Spanish people did for the hero of Waterloo , and how they did it . ' , A Political Martyrs
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THE NORTHERN STIR . 7
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 28, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct920/page/7/
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